Miscellaneous pictures

Here are some miscellaneous pictures I have taken in the months since we moved here, which will show you various aspects of life in Singapore.

A pizza delivery motorcycle--You notice he is just about to cut between the cars to form his own "lane."  Motorcyclists here are not bound by "normal" traffic laws and are always driving between lanes and cutting among cars.

McDonald's delivery!

We just found this drive-thru McDonald's a couple weeks ago--the first one we had seen in Singapore.  Seemed funny to be excited enough about seeing a fast food drive-thru that I had to take pictures of it! ;-)  Notice though that we're all going through "backwards," since we drive on the opposite side of the car here!

At the gas pump--Someone did the calculation at the time this picture was taken and said this was just under $8 (USD) per gallon!  And we thought gas prices in the U.S. were high before we moved! :-)   

This is a ticket that allows us to park in certain places.  Many places use an electronic system, where they deduct fees automatically from a debit card-type thing in your car.  (You pay to park everywhere here--even the grocery store and mall!)  Parking places that are not set up for electronic deductions use this ticket system.  You buy a book of these tickets, 50c or $1.00 per ticket.  You use them by punching out the date and the time that you parked your car.  Each ticket gives you a certain amount of time to park, depending on the fees charged by the parking lot.

At the car wash--all done by hand, and the person washing it taps the back of your car when he/she is ready for you to move on to the next part of the wash

Dried by hand too

Doesn't seem to be the safest way to travel...

This is in the women's bathroom at Singapore's Botanic Gardens, and many other bathrooms in outdoor areas are like this.  Couldn't ask for a prettier place to wash your hands, right?! :-)

Mail delivery

Fish for sale in a grocery store

Green Tea Kit-Kats, anyone??

The Merlion  (see below)

The most interesting experience we've had of people wanting to take our kids' pictures--

We went to see the Merlion with my parents, and a couple of people wanted to take pictures with our kids.  More and more people gathered around, taking pictures individually with our kids, and then with our kids as a group.  Finally there was a crowd even bigger than what is pictured here, all standing with their iPads, phones, and cameras, taking pictures of our kids with their friends and family.  Quite an experience... :-)